The video game release list of 5/16-5/22

Next week's new releases include superstars L.A. Noire and The Witcher 2, plus Fable 3 on PC, Chrono Trigger on Wii, and more.

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AAA games flee before The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and L.A. Noire, fearful to release in the same week as these two much-anticipated games. Smaller, cheaper, downloadable titles and downloadable content are unphased by this, though. On that front, we're getting Sega Rally Online Arcade, the Honest Hearts DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, and Terraria, which I shall lazily describe as "kind of a bit like an action-oriented 2D Minecraft."

If you're somehow not interested in any of those, there's a a colouring-in game on DSiWare and some Wii titles that'll teach you how to read.

Don't get your hopes up over anything downloadable on PlayStation 3. The PlayStation Network is still down following the hack, Sony isn't sure when it'll be be back up, and it's unclear what will happen to new releases when it does return, considering the ever-growing backlog.

Here's the list of next week's releases:

PC

Xbox 360

PlayStation 3

Wii

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo DS

*At the time of publishing, the PlayStation Network is still offline.

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    May 14, 2011 11:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, The video game release list of 5/16-5/22.

    Next week's new releases include superstars L.A. Noire and The Witcher 2, plus Fable 3 on PC, Chrono Trigger on Wii, and more.

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      May 14, 2011 11:32 AM

      Dirt 3 next week!!! :D

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        May 14, 2011 11:39 AM

        Nope. Week after next, I believe. That's the 24th.

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          May 14, 2011 11:41 AM

          Which is the next week after this upcoming week... o_O

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            May 14, 2011 2:31 PM

            "Next week" refers to the week immediately following the current week. You are meaning to say "the week after next."

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              May 15, 2011 12:43 AM

              In a thread about the video games coming out this week, next week obviously means the week after this one.

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      May 14, 2011 12:54 PM

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        May 14, 2011 6:14 PM

        From what i've heard with that game is bugs where ironed ~2 weeks ago, main wait was legal stuff to put it out, only watched ~2 vids from it but my uncle keeps talking about it a lot how great it's gonna be and apparently the guys who made the game have great tutorials on their youtube page

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      May 14, 2011 1:43 PM

      I'm apprehensively excited for L.A. Noire. I wish they had removed the 'e', but even more I am afraid that it will be more Mafia 2 than GTA. Mafia just didn't feel right to me. Maybe that won't matter if the game really does play more like a Heavy Rain/interactive story. Fingers crossed for this one!

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      May 14, 2011 6:23 PM

      LA Noire is the only must have for me next week.

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      May 14, 2011 6:51 PM

      If ANYONE here buys Fable 3 on pc and is surprised that they don't like it, I will murder you. Repeatedly if at all possible. In gruesome and unlikely ways, preferably involving puns and chopsticks (I have some extra chopsticks laying around)

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      May 15, 2011 12:43 AM

      imadbro. No L.A. Noire for PC. no Shift2DLC for PC. We're barely getting Fable 3.

      Witcher 2 it is then.

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      May 15, 2011 12:47 AM

      whoa fable 3?

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        May 15, 2011 12:48 AM

        gonna be playing witcher if anything but didnt know that was coming

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      May 15, 2011 8:06 PM

      Witcher 2 is gonna be the best rpg game ever. i called it.

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